Balochistan students brief on Gandhara civilization at Peshawar Museum.

PESHAWAR -- The students from different colleges and universities of Balcohstan province visited the historic Peshawar Museum, Sethi House, and GorKathri where they took a keen interest in its ancient architecture and artifacts of Gandhara civilization including the founder of Buddhism, Lord Buddha.

The 30-member delegation visited these historical sites of Peshawar under the Youth Exchange Program.

They were briefed about senior officials of the Culture and Tourism Authority and the Department of Sports, Culture and Youth Affairs. The students were informed that Peshawar Museum was established some 150 years back on SherShah Suri Road and has over 30,000 antiques of Gandhara civilization attracting tourists, archeologists, historians, Buddhists, and monks from across the world.

Tahir Orakzai, secretary of culture, sports, tourism, and archeology informed the students that it was the lone museum of Gandhara Art in the world that houses a complete life story of the founder of Buddhism, Lord Buddha.

He said renovation and conservation work of the Peshawar Museum's building was recently completed without compromising on its original architecture. Later, the students visited the historic Sethi House where a museum was established. Sethi House Peshawar is a historical building of the British era that had a...